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Job Description
- Monitors business trends and product availability to pay the best price for company goods without sacrificing quality or delivery times
- Nurtures relationships with suppliers to negotiate the best prices for the company
- Identifies and researches potential new suppliers
- Researches new products and services to meet the company's goals
- Assesses the total costs of company purchases
- Develops and implements strategies for procuring, storing, and distributing goods or services and maintaining stock levels
- Oversees a team of purchasing agents (in large companies)
- Reports to the chief procurement officer
- Manage workflow from initiation to completion (of both purchased orders and deliveries)
- Thoroughly examine and test existing contracts
Job Requirements
- S. degree in supply chain management, logistics, business administration or similar.
- Successful work experience as a Procurement Manager, Procurement Officer, or another relevant role.
- Strong working knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as an aptitude for reading the market.
- Exceptional talent in negotiating and networking.
- Solid knowledge of supplier or third-party management software.
- Outstanding decision-making skills and ability to work well with numbers.
- Significant experience in collecting and analyzing data.
- Excellent, mature leadership capabilities.
